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Roku's IPO filing reveals plans to raise $100 million

Analyst Parks Associates announced just a couple of weeks ago that according to its estimates, Roku is increasing its lead in the streaming media player landscape, now accounting for 37 percent of streaming media players. The ability to turn all those active users into viewers of subscription or ad supported channels that Roku does make money on will be its main challenge, but so far the company's mostly content-agnostic approach has worked for publishers and viewers alike.

From the article "Roku's IPO filing reveals plans to raise $100 million" by Richard Lawler.

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